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Drawing

Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Drawing of a human face on the bottom of a sandal. On its body the caption reads: "Don't buy booze. Don't buy shoes. Buy Cecil's sandals." Printer's instru...
Photograph

Graphic Layout with Man on Tractor in Field

Date: 1919
Description: Graphic layout with blank space for information. Includes an illustration of a man driving a tractor in a field. In the background are farm buildings.
Print

German Passenger Ship Advertising

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement printed in German for a ship from Bremen to New York with $24 fare. There is a woodcut of a sailing ship at the top.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of American World War II soldiers walking single file on a wooden planked bridge with guide rope. The foreshortening perspective shows boo...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Black ink mechanical of a qraphic design for Gisholt Machine Company brand labeling and advertising.
Manuscript

W.S.S. and Victory Liberty Loan Pamphlet

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of a pamphlet promoting War Savings Stamps and Victory Liberty Loans.
Print

Chicago City Opera Company Schedules

Date: 1910
Description: Selection of weekly schedules for the Chicago City Opera Company. The front includes an illustration of the entrance to the Civic Opera House (currently th...
Print

Chicago Civic Opera Company Programs

Date: 1928
Description: Selection of Chicago Civic Opera Company touring programs for stops in Minneapolis, MN; Portland, OR; Columbus, OH, and San Antonio, TX.
Poster

Anatomy of a Murder lobby card

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Description: Title lobby card for the 1959 film "Anatomy of a Murder" starring James Stewart and Lee Remick. The card is done in black and white and shows a body in pi...
Poster

Operation Petticoat poster

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Description: One sheet poster for the 1959 film "Operation Petticoat" starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The poster depicts Grant's and Curtis' characters with blank...
Poster

Pillow Talk halfsheet poster

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Description: Halfsheet poster for the 1959 film "Pillow Talk" starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The poster shows Day and Hudson laying next to each other with their ...
Poster

Some Like It Hot poster

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Description: British quad poster for the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot". The poster shows Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon holding up Marilyn Monroe. The men wear tuxedos an...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1955
Description: Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1986
Description: Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea...
Book or Pamphlet

Jackson County Fair Pamphlet

Date: 1963
Description: Pamphlet advertising the 1963 Jackson County Fair, which featured performances by country music stars Porter Wagoner, Del Woods, and Bonnie Sloan.
Postcard

Large Letter Postcard, Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Dells." A Large Letter Postcard with a background illustration of Stand Rock and a Native American in a canoe, with a Nativ...
Postcard

Greetings From Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings From Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." A Large Letter Postcard with a blue and orange background, each letter is filled with a s...
Book or Pamphlet

Yumbo Brochure

Date: 1972
Description: Inside of a brochure advertising Yumbo equipment. There an illustration of an excavator with a pop-up depicting the shovel. Text at top left reads: "...ave...

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